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LOS ANGELES, United States — Basketball star and internet sensation Sophie Cunningham has become a lightning rod in the debate over transgender athletes in women's sports after her call to "protect young girls" in locker rooms drew White House praise.
El vicepresidente estadounidense JD Vance escucha cuando el presidente Donald Trump se reúne con el presidente libanés Joseph Aoun en el Despacho Oval de la Casa Blanca, el martes 21 de julio de 2026, en Washington. (Foto AP/Mark Schiefelbein)
Wang Yi tells Brazilian foreign minister Beijing backs Brazil’s sovereignty, and asks for support on ‘China’s own core interests’ in return
Wang Yi tells Brazilian foreign minister Beijing backs Brazil’s sovereignty, and asks for support on ‘China’s own core interests’ in return
The House on Thursday approved a Democratic-led war powers resolution aimed at restricting President Trump's military operations in Iran, with four Republicans providing the decisive votes.
ARCHIVO – El secretario de Salud y Servicios Humanos de Estados Unidos, Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., sube al escenario en la inauguración de la cumbre Make America Healthy Again (Hacer a Estados Unidos Sano de Nuevo), el 12 de noviembre de 2025, en Washington. (AP Foto/Rod Lamkey, Jr., Archivo)
An Australian clothing company, Nashie, recently received a six-figure refund from the US government, including 6 per cent interest, for tariffs it had paid on US imports. It’s just one of thousands of businesses reclaiming tariffs imposed on what President Donald Trump called "Liberation Day".
Journalists had reported on security concerns about US president flying on donated Air Force One craft
President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One at Dobbins Air Reserve Base, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
WASHINGTON, United States — A Minnesota man who shot dead a state lawmaker and her husband was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for what a judge called an "attack on democracy," US media reported.
One did not have to be clairvoyant to predict how reports that the US was preparing a civilian nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia, without requiring normalization with Israel, would play out on Israel’s political scene
Una tarjeta de Seguridad Social en Tigard, Oregon, el 12 de octubre del 2021. (AP foto/Jenny Kane)
Washington: Billions of dollars of additional funding for the US defence industrial base have not improved the production rate of Virginia-class submarines, a top Pentagon official says, casting further doubt on whether Australia will receive its AUKUS subs on schedule.
MANILA, Philippines — The Sandiganbayan’s Third Division has ordered Sen. Rodante Marcoleta to explain within 10 days why he should not be preventively suspended as a member of the Senate after he was arraigned on plunder and Presidential Decree No. 46 charges.
NSW Families and Communities Minister Kate Washington ordered her department to pay a Catholic not-for-profit $40,000 to drop legal action against a Hunter foster carer with Labor links.
Empleados trabajan en la sede de la Agencia Federal de Manejo de Emergencias en Washington, el 24 de enero del 2026. (AP foto/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., heads to a closed-door Republican policy meeting at the Capitol in Washington, June 16, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
WASHINGTON, July 23 (Yonhap) -- New U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Steel said Thursday that she will depart for Seoul next week, as she highlighted the task of strengthening the Seoul-Washington alliance as her "top priority."
The headquarters of the Internal Revenue Service is in Washington, August 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
The US Senate has blocked a resolution that would have forbidden President Donald Trump from waging war against Iran without Congressional approval. A similar resolution passed the House of Representatives hours earlier.
The US Senate has blocked a resolution that would have forbidden President Donald Trump from waging war against Iran without Congressional approval. A similar resolution passed the House of Representatives hours earlier.
People load pallets containing food and hygiene kits for a humanitarian assistance flight to Cuba organized by the Trump administration as the U.S. continues to put pressure on the island’s government, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)
WASHINGTON, July 23 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Thursday stressed the importance of producing tangible results from shipbuilding cooperation with South Korea, pledging to help address regulatory roadblocks that Korean enterprises may face in the United States.
A Social Security card is displayed Oct. 12, 2021, in Tigard, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
The US Senate on Thursday blocked a Democratic-led resolution aiming to stop the Iran war until hostilities are authorised by Congress. The resolution reflects growing congressional concern, even among President Donald Trump's Republicans, over the war.
Right-wing activist Laura Loomer, April 15, 2024, in New York. (AP Photo/Ted Shaffrey, File)
President Donald Trump's Justice Department will ask a Manhattan federal judge on Thursday to uphold its subpoena issued to The New York Times' NYT.N journalists who reported on security concerns about the president flying on a Qatari-donated Air Force One.
Colorado Rockies’ Hunter Goodman follows the flight of his solo home run off Washington Nationals relief pitcher Clayton Beeter in the eighth inning of a baseball game Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)
People work at the Federal Emergency Management Agency headquarters in Washington, Jan. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson, File)
The US president says he is considering relaunching major combat operations in Iran and is close to a decision
The US president says he is considering relaunching major combat operations in Iran and is close to a decision
WASHINGTON, July 23 (Yonhap) -- New U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Michelle Steel on Thursday hailed South Korea's shipbuilding cooperation with the United States as an expansion of the bilateral alliance into a "new" and "important" territory, stressing that reinforcing the alliance is her "top priority."
The Senate Commerce Committee advanced the bill unanimously. Its chairman voted yes and then accused a Detroit automaker of writing part of it to remove a German competitor.
El presidente Donald Trump aparece en el escenario de la escuela secundaria Wheeler High School, el miércoles 22 de julio de 2026, en Marietta, Georgia. (Foto AP/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
BRUSSELS — The European Union knew its €890 million fine against Google risked poking the bear in Washington. And the timing couldn’t be worse.
Congress on Thursday split on advancing a pair of war powers resolutions aimed at forcing President Donald Trump to abandon his war with Iran, as the conflict escalates into a deadly new phase and oil tops $100 a barrel.
Vice President JD Vance listens as President Donald Trump meets with Lebanese President Joseph Aoun in the Oval Office at the White House, Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
President’s remarks follow Houthi strikes on Saudi tankers in the Red Sea and oil prices rising past $100 a barrel again
Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan talks before convening the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, March 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, Pool, File)
US president is reportedly preparing fresh wave of sweeping tariffs as previous 10% on much of the world is due to expire
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Four Republicans in the United States House of Representatives have again joined Democrats in voting to constrain President Donald Trump’s power to wage war against Iran.
The guilty verdict in the official misconduct case against former Senate President Jason Ellsworth has been thrown out following revelations that jurors were exposed to sealed exhibits concerning communications with a potential key witness.
WASHINGTON — The United States plans to announce an agreement with Saudi Arabia on Wednesday that would give the country a civilian nuclear program, according to media reports, amid renewed fighting between the Gulf oil giant and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
The Republican-led US House of Representatives backed legislation on Thursday directing President Donald Trump to halt the US war on Iran, the latest symbolic rebuke of the Republican president from Congress.
US President Donald Trump is close to making a decision on whether to launch a new major combat operation against Iran, the president told Axios on Thursday.
President Donald Trump appears on stage at Wheeler High School, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in Marietta, Ga. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
The site of a future data center being built near Abernathy, Texas, Saturday, July 18, 2026, in Hale County, Texas. (AP Photo/Justin Rex)